Welcome to the UK Eco-Label Centre.

We serve the UK market for product compliance and environmental labelling and companies wishing to gain accreditation for their products. We can help you in a number of ways ranging from helping you decide on appropriate labelling methods, generating and assembling supporting information for applications and ‘front-ending’ negotiation with your chosen eco-label accreditation bodies.

If you are new to eco-labelling, this site gives you an overview of the three main types of eco-label as well as how our services dovetail.

We also list known eco-labelled products and their manufacturers under different systems, so you can judge where your product might fit. If you are a purchaser, this listing could give you pointers to products with proven ‘green’ credentials.

Read more about our services below and our other resources under the main menu. Please do contact us if you have a labelling or accreditation need that isn’t described as not everything we have done is here and we can most likely adapt our services to accommodate you.

Our Services

Digital EPDs

Digital EPDs are machine-readable EPD information stored in a file format that can be used for different applications and will open new ways and opportunities to make use of and communicate of the environmental performance of products. Digital EPDs are come in XML format and follow the guidance of InData and ILCD/EPD format

The transformation of EPD information into the machine-readable format will broaden the opportunities for the application of EPD information in areas, such as public procurement, building environmental performance assessment and other environmental calculation tools.

Click here to find out how we can assist you in creating for digitalization EPDs.

Type I Ecolabel Applications

It can be cumbersome and time-consuming to deal with initial assessment and preparation of the dossier for ecolabel application. Our team of experts can make this process easy for you and manage the whole process up ‘til the award of an ecolabel. Using our approach we can almost guarantee you success with your ecolabeling application.

Click here to find out how we can assist you in applying for this type of eco-label.

Type III EPD certification and Life Cycle Assessment

EPD certification requires the assessment of product or service through its life cycle to calculate the environmental impacts. Our team members are world-leading experts in LCA and EPDs with hundreds of references to their names. We have access to the highest rated LCA software and databases for this purpose and will prepare and design your EPD to reflect your corporate look and image.

Click here to find out how we can assist you in applying for this type of eco-label.

Audit and Verification Services for Ecolabel Schemes

Around the world, the well-known ecolabelling schemes use our technical expertise in auditing and verification. We are independent, impartial and have many years of audit and verification experience across diverse sectors of the economy. Ecolabel schemes can rely on our expertise for audit and verification requirements brought together in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual team.

Verification for Type III EPD for Program Operators

We offer impartial and third-party review for quality assurance for both the manufacturer (product and/or service owner) and the EPD Program Operator. For example, we act as an independent verifier for the Swedish International EPD System and Slovenian ZAG EPD Operator.

Ecolabel Scheme Set Up and Criteria Development

Our experts have extensive expertise and experience in setting up ecolabel scheme in multiple jurisdictions. An increase in environmental consciousness amongst consumers and the need for clean and sustainable production are encouraging many governments around to world to develop policies around labelling. Our team can assist governments in ecolabel system set-up, through selection of products groups to criteria development from life cycle perspective.

Green Procurement Advice for Public and Private Organisations

Increasingly, companies and public bodies are moving towards green procurement practices to facilitate the change to a green, sustainable economy. There are so many labels and declarations that it is not an easy task to differentiate between one claim and another in regarding environmental credentials. With our extensive, practical knowledge, we can assure you that your purchasing decision reflects the green credentials of your organisation.

Policy Development on Sustainable Production and Consumption

Policy makers have a difficult task in encouraging the sustainable balance of production and consumption. Consumer behaviours, habits and perception all affect the implementation of policy around the promotion of ecolabelled products. It’s equally challenging to introduce novel sustainable and clean manufacturing techniques and technologies. Our experts have many years of experience in working with public and private bodies in translating policy development between these domains.

Eco-Labels

Eco-labels are voluntary environmental performance certificates that are awarded to products and services. These products and services have to meet specific, identified criteria depending on the product groups, which reduce overall environmental impact. The goal of eco-labels are to inform on the superior standard of environment-friendly parameters of ecolabelled products and to encourage consumers and producers to produce or use these products. Eco-labels represent a set of tools providing relevant information on environmental behaviour of products. The main goal of ecolabelling is to enhance the demand for products with the lowest environmental impact. Eco-labels represent a voluntary tool of environmental policy.